REWIND: Apple Sells 7M Apps, Google Music In India, Terra Firma & EMI Trial, Music Startups & More
(UPDATED) This week in the music industry started out with Apple trying to make friends with Facebook. YouTube's Partner Program for musicians, aka Musicians Wanted, has gone global. CMJ went. Continue reading
Top Five Ways Apple Is Killing Off The CD
Slowly but surely Apple is killing off the CD. The hands of its greatest enemy and ally, depending on who you ask, are murdering the lifeblood of the record industry.. Continue reading
No Joke: Megadeath, Anthrax, Pantera, Guns ‘N Roses To Release “Mosh Potatoes” Cookbook
Rocker Steve "Buckshot" Seabury brings the world "Mosh Potatoes – Recipes, Anecdotes And Mayhem From The Heavyweights Of Heavy Metal" 11/16 via Simon & Schuster. "I probably received almost 300. Continue reading
MOG’s CEO Responds: Music Startups Do Work
In response to recent comments by former imeem CEO Dalton Cadwell that music startups face almost insormountable challenges, David Hyman, the founder and CEO of MOG wrote: "…providing music content. Continue reading
The Real Reason Why Fans File-Share Music
I believe that there are many different reasons why fans file-share music. Also, I think that the longer music downloading occurs, the more we’re not talking about greedy fans, entitlement,. Continue reading
How Ze Frank Creates Music That Matters & Connects It With Complete Strangers
If you want to connect with people and engage them, there is much to learn from web comic Ze Frank. In this TED talk, he highlights the two music related. Continue reading
What The Music Industry Should Do About Copyright
This guest post is by Charlotta Hedman (@fjoms), a journalist who blogs for the Music 4.5 project, a series of events for the tech and music industries. Copyright is confusing.. Continue reading
Music Video Made With A Lite-Brite and 700,000 Pegs
David Crowder Band, a christian rock group, has created a music video for their song 'Shine' that uses Lite-Brite and 700,000 pegs. It is a rather cool animation effect and. Continue reading
Terra Firma & EMI vs. Citi Trial: No Written Proof
Yesterday during the trial with Citigroup, two Terra Firma employees, Kirsten Randell and Riaz Punja, supported the testimony of boss Guy Hands, that Citi banker David Wormsley had misled him. Continue reading
Can Christmas Cure Music’s YTD Sales Slump?
The pressure is on inside every major label, as radio promotion departments scramble to find a few major hit singles to help reverse yet another year to date sales slump.. Continue reading
